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the parcel, the name of the addressee of such parcel and the Post Office at which it was posted are entered on a list, which is exhibited in a conspicuous position, for inspection by the public, at such Returned Letter Office, where personal application for such parcel can be made. In default of proper application and payment of any charges which may have accrued on them, undelivered parcels are liable to be finally disposed of three months after the date of arrival at the Returned Letter Office. lt, however, at any time during the period, or during the period of retention at a Post Office the contents of a parcel become or are likely to become worthless through natural decay, or are found to be offensive or injurious, they are liable to be disposed of forthwith.
150.-A parcel which is wrongly or insufficiently addressed is also treated in the way described above, when the mistake or omission in the address cannot be rectified with certainty from the knowledge of the officer dealing with it. If it is necessary to treat the parcel as undelivered, it is liable to a second rate of postage before it can be for- warded to a correct address. Parcels found without address are sent at once to the Returned Letter Office.
151.- Parcels for Russia.-Each parcel, or each set of two or three parcels from the same sender to the same addressee, must be accompanied by four Customs declarations. Special care should be exercised in the preparation of the Custoins declarations, as the omission to describe fully and accurately the nature of the various articles contained in a parcel, their quantity, quality, and value, may lead to an increase of 10 per cent. in the Customs duty. The value of each article contained in a parcel should be given in Russian as well as in English money. Weights should be given in grammes. In the case of gold or silver articles (except watches) the fineness of the metal must be stated.
152. The importation of the following articles into Japan is prohibited :--
(1.) Adulterated drugs, chemicals, medicines, food and beverages, considered
to be injurious by laws, ordinances, and regulations of the Empire. (2.) All articles for use in smoking opiumi.
(3.) All articles which are considered dangerous to the public health for sani- tary reasons or to the safety of animals or plants under the laws, ordin- ances, and regulations of the Empire.
(4.) Articles in violation of patent, design, trade-mark or copy-right laws of the
Empire.
(5.) False coins of any kind, and imitations of coins which might be considered
to be false coins.
(6.) Opium. (Opium imported by the Imperial Government for medicinal pur-
poses is excluded from this prohibition).
(7.) Prints, printed books, paintings, engravings, carvings, or any other articles
which, in view of public security or morals, might offer any danger.
MONEY ORDERS.
[Office Hours (Sundays and holidays excepted) 10 to 4, Saturdays 10 to 1, but the office is open from 10 to 5 on the working-day next before any mail for Europe, which leaves at noon.]
[Money orders cannot be issued or cashed on mail mornings, when closing mails for Europe, until noon.]
153. Money Orders are issued at Hongkong and Shanghai at current rates of exchange on the following countries and places:-
Canada.
China Ports (Hoihow, Can- ton, Swatow, Amoy, Foo- chow, Ningpo, Hankow, and Shanghai).
Ceylon.
Corea Fusan, Chemulpo,
Seoul, Yuensan
Mukhoj.
and
Hawaii (Sandwich Islands).
British Guiana.
BRITISH COLONIES:-
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Bermuda.
British Honduras.
Cyprus.
Falkland Islands.
Gibraltar.
Malta. Newfoundland, Western Australia.
British India (including Kanazawa, Kumamoto,
Burmah and the Agen- cies of the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf).
Japan Ports(Nagasaki, Ko- be, Osaka, Kioto, Yoko- hama,Tokio, Akamagase-
ki(Shimonoseki)Aomori,
Hiroshima, Kagoshima,
Nagano, Nagoya, Niigata, Sapporo, Sendai, TB- dotsu, and Utsunomiya). New South Wales. New Zealand. British North Borneo (Sandakan, Kudat and Labuan, Queensland.
Drawn through London Office.
AFRICA.
Cape Colony, including Basutoland and British
Bechuanaland).
Gambia. Gold Coast. Lagos.
Rhodesia (including Ma- shonaland, Matabeleland, and Northern Zambesia),
Mauritius.
British East Africa Pro- tectorate (Mombasa and Lamu).
Natal (including Zululand,
Niger Coast
torate).
St. Helena.
Seychelles.
Sierra Leone.
Protec-
Siam (Bangkok and Chi-
engniai only).
South Australia. Straits Settlements (Singa- pore, Penang, Malacca). Tasmania.
United Kingdom. Victoria.
United Statesof America.
Zanzibar Protectorate.
WEST INDIES.
Antigua.
Bahamas.
Barbadoes.
Dominica.
Grenada.
Jamaica.
Montserrat.
Nevis.